Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has urged former governor Peter Obi and other regional opposition figures to join the pro-Tinubu coalition, calling for full South-East support for President Bola Tinubu. “Leadership is not about self, it’s about the people. I call on my brother, Peter Obi, to join us and work with the President…
Former National Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has revealed that he and the late former Governor of Kano State, Abubakar Rimi, rejected a N160 million bribe from late Abba Kyari intended to secure their support for Olusegun Obasanjo’s vice presidential slot. In an excerpt from…
The Benue government has announced the death of former military governor of Katsina State, Rtd Col. Joseph Akaagerger. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Benue Governor, Mr Tersoo Kula and made available to newsmen in Makurdi on Tuesday. Kula stated that the former military governor died…
The Lagos State Government has clarified that its forthcoming ban on Single Use Plastics (SUPs) will not affect water sachets, PET bottles, or nylon carrier bags with a thickness greater than 40 microns. This clarification was made on Tuesday by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in response to widespread public…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the deeply tragic killing of a secondary school student by a police officer in Oyo State. A statement signed by Comrade Samson Ajasa Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, contained this information. It was also made available to Vanguard in Abeokuta, the capital of…
Former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa has firmly dismissed speculations that aggrieved members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-East could defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that the PDP remains the preferred choice for Nigerians despite internal challenges. Udenwa, who spoke as a guest on Arise TV’s The Morning Show…
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has stressed the need to promote Nigeria’s local languages and culture in order to drive national development. Soyinka made the call on Monday while answering questions from newsmen after his visit to the Centre for Cultural Studies and Creative Arts, University of Iloirn, as part of activities leading to the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called for African countries to transition from rhetoric to action in implementing the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), declaring that “our skies must no longer be defined by closed borders, but by open opportunities.” Keyamo made the call on Monday at the opening ceremony…
The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has demanded the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, over what it described as a “catastrophic institutional failure” in the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement on Monday, the caucus, led…
Labour Party’s presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has returned from a trip to the Vatican, emphasising that his participation in the inauguration ceremony of Pope Leo XIV should not be misconstrued as political. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Obi clarified that the visit was spiritual and…
